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��debts all paid ; the subject of this sketch worked upon the farm until the fall of 1861, when he enlisted in Co. H, 64th 0. V. I. for the term of three years ; Capt. Lord commanded the company. They went into camp at Mansfield, and remained about six weeks ; they then went to Louisville, Ky., and joined the army of the Cumberland, and he was in most of the engagements in which his regiment participated ; the regiment belonged to the 4th Army Corps, Third Division ; he was dis- charged at Cincinnati in February, 1864, having served three years and four months. He is an excel- lent farmer and an honorable and respected citizen. He was married to Miss Catherine A, Briner January, 1867 ; they had two interesting girls.

SNYDER, JOHN, farmer; he was born in Richland Co., December, 1838 ; he spent his youth in Ohio until the year 1854, when his parents went to Adair Co., Mo., where they lived and died ; he remained in Mis- souri, working at the carpenter trade, until the break- ing-out of the war, when he enlisted in the 5th Mo. V. I., and served some time ; he then joined the cavalry, and then went into a battery of artillery, and was mus- tered into the Confederate service in Memphis, Tenn., in 1862, and was in several engagements in Missouri, including Pea Ridge, Lexington and Corinth, Miss. ; he was taken prisoner at Champion Hill, Miss. ; he was taken to Young's Point, thence to Camp Morton at Indianapolis, thence to Ft. Delaware, thence to Point Lookout, where he was paroled ; he then struck north to York, Penn., where he worked at his trade on the N. C. R. R. for some time, and then returned to Rich- land Co., Ohio., his former home, where he worked at his trade until December, 1867 ; he has since been farming. He is a man of considerable originality ; he is quiet in his manner, and does not interfere with the opinions of others ; he was married to Miss Lydia A. Laser, of Richland Co., December, 1867 ; they had four children as the result of their union, three living ; Mrs. Snyder was born in Jackson Township, in April, 1840.

STOVER, JOHN, pioneer farmer; P. 0. Shelby; he was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., in May, 1823. His father, John Stover, emigrated to Richland Co. with his family of six children in 1835, and settled about two miles and a half southeast of Shelby, near what is

��now known as Taylortown, where he purchased the farm which his son now owns ; he died in January, 1852. The subject of this notice resides on the old homestead, where his father first settled ; he never re- ceived any education, but by his natural ability he has acquired considerable property, and he is looked upon by his neighbors as an honest and reliable man ; his ancestors were Pennsylvania Germans, and he has in- herited their characteristics, that of honesty and indus- try ; he is a careful farmer. He was married to Miss Leah Landis in February, 1853 ; three of their chil- dren are now living.

VINSON, J. \V., farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Shelby; was born in Knox Co. June 21, 1833; he passed his youth on a farm ; at the age of 21, he went to Dayton, where he remained a short time ; he then went to Plymouth, Ohio, where he learned the trade of marble-cutting ; he then went to Mount Hilliard, Knox Co., where he remained one year; then went to Shelby and engaged in marble-cutting, under the firm name of Hersheiser & Vinson, but the business not be- ing profitable, the firm failed, and left considerable debts unpaid ; after the failure, he moved to Jackson Township, on the farm which is known as the Lantz farm, where he remained five years ; he was still strug- gling with poverty, and he resolved to make another elfort in the marble business ; he sold work for a party in Mansfield for a short time, and saved enough money to buy a small stock ; he brought it home, and succeeded in selling it, soon thereby enabling him to purchase more material ; his shop was located near where he now resides ; this was about the fall of 1863 ; he followed the trade ia Jackson about seven years ; he sold work for different parties for about six years ; his health failing him, he went to farming; he is a careful and successful farmer ; he has a very pleasant home, and built one of the most comfortable and sub- stantial dwellings in the township. Politically, he is a Democrat, and takes an active interest in his party. He was married to Miss Catharine Lantz in May, 1858; they had one child — Annie S. C, who is married to George Hartman ; his wife died in the spring of 1861-!. He was again married to Mrs. Catharine Laser ; they have one child— Curtis E. Mr. Vinson has, by dint of industry, succeeded in making himself a competence.

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��ANDERSON, WILLIAM W., clergyman ; he is a son of Rev. James Anderson, who was born in Pennsylva- nia, and was Pastor of the Lexington (Ohio) Presbyte- rian Church from the spring of 1854 to the spring of 1864. The subject of this sketch was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, and was brought up in a village ; during his early life, his mother taught a female boarding-school ; in 1854, he came with his parents toLexington, Ohio, and attended the high school of that place ; in the fall of 1855, he entered Washington College, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1859, and then entered the theological seminary of Allegheny City, Penn., where he finished

��his course in 1862; his first charge was inChestervillei Morrow Co., Ohio, where he remained six years and a half; his next charge was at Shelby, Ohio, at which place he remained eight years, and then came to Bell- ville Jan. 1, 1877, and took the pastorate of the Pres- byterian Church of that place, which position he now fills. Mr. Anderson was born Nov. 6, 1839, and was married to Miss Elizabeth H. Urie, of Ashland, Ohio, June 29, 1865 ; their children are Urie, born March 23, 1866, died in infancy ; Clara L., born June 2, 1867 ; Dora E., Dec. 4, 1872 ; Mary, July 30, 1879. Mr. Anderson is a most estimable citizen, an able minister,

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